In the early nineteenth century some advertisements claimed that riding the carousel was good for the circulation of blood.

When the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, received an alarming number of threatening letters, soon after her husband became President at the height of the Depression, the Secret Service insisted that she carry a pistol in her purse.

166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the US.

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